The Prognostic Value of Functional Capacity Evaluation in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: Part 2 - Sustained Recovery

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 920-924

  Gross, Douglas P ^a   Battié, Michele C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional Capacity Evaluation; Low back pain; Predictive validity; Prognosis; Recurrence; Return to work

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ISERNHAGEN WORK SYSTEMS FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY EVALUATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; ALBERTA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; SICK LEAVE; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 1842682781     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200404150-00020     Document Type: Article

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